The Last Play


Book Description

"The Last Play" is a book about a student-athlete's experience in 1956 at Knox College, Galesburg, Illinois, and who sought to help improve the student body campus morale after a tragic death incident of a fellow student. It is the story of love of sports, and the journey of an athlete's play that ended with head concussions playing football. In 1994, the athlete, Armondo "Mondo" Lopez was inducted into the Knox College Athletic Hall of Fame. In 2021, he was selected as one of the Knox College top ten all-time student-athletes to represent Knox College in the 100 Year Anniversary of the formation in 19210f the Midwest Conference MWC. The Last Play is dedicated to all students whether an athlete or not.




The Fourth Piece


Book Description

Admitting what you are will end everything you know. Embracing who you are will start a war...Life is great when you're good-looking and popular...so long as no one knows you're a vulatto. Being half-alien gets you labeled "loser" quicker than being a full vader. So it's a good thing Devon, Lyle, and Lawrence can easily pass for human--until the night of the party. Nothing kills a good time faster than three brothers sharing a psychic vision of a fourth brother who's off-world and going to die unless they do something. But when your brother's emergency happens off-planet, calling 9-1-1 really isn't an option. In their attempt to save a brother they barely remember, Devon, Lyle and Lawrence expose themselves to mortal danger and inherit a destiny that killed the last four guys cursed with it. In 2022, there are humans and aliens, heroes and monsters, choices and prophecies--and four brothers with the power to choose what's left when the gods decide they're through playing games.




Last Play


Book Description

Roman Young, quarterback for the Dallas Destroyers, doesn't expect to get a gun shoved in his face by the beautiful red head, Katie Winters, when he arrives to sell the Inn he inherited from his uncle in Wolfe Creek, Utah. But, he's not surprised, either. It's the way his life has been lately. Just ask the tabloids that have happily reported his shattered knee, his wife's affair, and the car accident. Unfortunately, Katie is wearing a wedding ring. Not that he noticed. He doesn't know why he doesn't tell her about the fact he's selling the Inn, even after she shoves a list of supply demands into his chest and rambles on and on about all the projects they have to do. When he discovers her husband passed away a year ago, and her seven-year-old son asks him to come to dinner and movie night, things start to change. Or did they start to change when Katie took him sledding? Or when all he could think about was kissing her? Now he has to make a choice-keep ignoring the truth-or try one Last Play.




The Last Yankee


Book Description

THE STORY: Two men, one in his late-forties, the other twenty years older, meet in the waiting room of a New England state mental health facility only to discover that they have done business together in the past. Inside the facility, each of their wives




The Last Lecture


Book Description

The author, a computer science professor diagnosed with terminal cancer, explores his life, the lessons that he has learned, how he has worked to achieve his childhood dreams, and the effect of his diagnosis on him and his family.




12 Men on the Field


Book Description

12 Men on the Field is a table top game of American football! You roll dice (12 sided dice of course), conduct kickoffs, running plays, passing plays, groan at the fumbles, cheer as your receiver reaches the end zone... You can play one-off or "pre-season" games or you can play a full blown 14 game season! The IFL has 24 teams to choose from or swap one out for one of your own! You are the owner, it's your team. 12 Men on the Field: Deluxe Edition contains both the Zeppelin Edition and Sideline Edition. Two great ways to play American Football. IMPORTANT! The Deluxe Edition requires the Official Field of Play, available at www.cafepress.com/rem12




Plays, 1


Book Description

A first volume of four plays from the American playwright whose play Dying City was a critical and popular success at the Royal Court Theatre in May 2006.....Other People is set in New York among a twenty-something generation whose lives and hopes are blighted by disillusionment born of affluence and impotence in the face of the unknown.....Where Do We Live, set in a post-September 11 world, asks to what extent New York's liberal multicultural society is under threat and how much should we care about the state in which our neighbours live.....The Coming World moves from Shinn's usual Manhattan environment to the coast of New England, where Dora is persuaded, against her better judgement, to help her ex, Ed, in a desperate attempt to escape from spiralling debt.....Dying City shifts between 2004 and 2005 - the eve of one brother's departure for Iraq and the day that his twin brother visits his now widowed sister-in-law.....The books also features an introduction by the author.







The 50 Greatest Plays in Chicago Bears Football History


Book Description

In a series that explores the logic-defying comebacks and tough losses, the dramatic interceptions, fumbles, game-winning field goals, and touchdowns that shape a fan’s greatest memories of their beloved team, this book does not disappoint as the ultimate collector’s item for Bears fans. It chronicles the most famous moments in Chicago football history, including Gale Sayers's six-touchdown day against the 49ers, Walter Payton's 275-yard performance in 1977, Devin Hester's Super Bowl XLI kickoff return, and the dominating team performance of Super Bowl XX. The descriptions of each play are accompanied with game information and quotes from participants, players, and observers with firsthand accounts.




Management Secrets of the New England Patriots: Achievements, personnel, teamwork, motivation, and competition


Book Description

The definitive account of the 2001-2004 New England Patriots. Analyzes the many "success factors" underlying the team's two Super Bowl victories in three seasons. Entertains with humorous, insightful quotations from players, coaches, executives, and owners while helping fans vicariously experience life as a New England Patriot. "Management Secrets" is essential reading for any serious fan of Bill Belichick's Patriots and anyone seeking to build a great organization. (Vol. 1 covers the team's achievements, personnel, teamwork, motivation, and competition. Vol. 2 to be published February 2005.) James Lavin earned his economics Ph.D. at Stanford, where he analyzed "high performance work organizations" (like the Patriots). He also holds degrees in: political science (Harvard, magna cum laude), economics (London School of Economics), and East Asian studies (Stanford). James grew up in Wayland, MA cheering for many lousy Patriots teams.